Professor Tracy Aze

Professor Tracy Aze

Profile

I am a Professor of Micropalaeontology and Chair of the Neogene and Quaternary Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group of the International Commission on Stratigraphy

My research is at the interface of palaeobiology and palaeoclimatology. Using the marine plankton fossil record I investigate evolutionary trends, the interactions between species and the response of organisms to environmental change.

I joined the University of Leeds as a lecturer in 2014. Prior to this I obtained my PhD from Cardiff University in 2011 before undertaking a post doctoral research position in Cardiff (2011) and a research fellowship at the University of Oxford (2013). 

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Qualifications

  • PhD Micropalaeontology and Palaeoclimatology (Cardiff University)
  • MRes Global Environmental Change (University of Plymouth)
  • BSc Geological Sciences (University of Plymouth)

Professional memberships

  • The Micropalaeontological Society
  • The Palaeontological Association
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Associate Editor - PALAIOS
  • Editorial Board - Marine Micropaleontology

Student education

I deliver teaching and module leadership across a range of modules facing environmental, ecological and ocean sciences. 

Research groups and institutes

  • Earth Surface Science Institute
  • Cohen Geochemistry
  • Palaeo@Leeds

Current postgraduate researchers

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